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Records of Offaly Farming and Industrial Society Item
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Cash Book

Ledger recording receipts and disbursements of cash. Income is listed under subscriptions, entry fees, gate money, agricultural department/county committee, and sundry receipts. Expenditure is listed under show expenses (labour and timber), prizes, judges, veterinary surgeons, rent and other sundries.

Minute Book

Minute book recording the decisions taken at general and executive meetings of the Offaly Farming and Industrial Society, mainly relating to the society's financial position and the hosting of the Tullamore Agricultural and Industrial Show. Includes minutes of discussions surrounding the taking over by the society of the cricket club field at Spollanstown for use as a show ground, and subsequent negotiations with Tullamore GAA who requested that the field be used for matches and training (1924). Also records later proposals to sell the field to the combined Tullamore Association Football and Rugby Clubs (1944).